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Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman ... never gave offence to anyone, not even the enemy. Perfect soldier, perfect gentleman ... never gave offence to anyone, not even the enemy.

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In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer--the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with th... - MORE In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer--the wealth, prestige and grandeur that went with the power.

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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the spectre of Communism. The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the spectre of Communism.

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In the Second World War approximately the same European allies fought approximately the same adversaries as in the first. Though t... - MORE In the Second World War approximately the same European allies fought approximately the same adversaries as in the first. Though the tide of the battle swung more violently to and fro, the battle ended in much the same way--with the defeat of Germany. The link between the two wars went deeper. Germany fought specifically in the second war to reverse the verdict of the first and to destroy the settlement which followed it. Her opponents fought, though less consciously, to defend that settlement; and this they achieved--to their own surprise. There was much utopian projecting while the second war was on; but at the end virtually every frontier of Europe and the Near East was restored unchanged, with the exception--admittedly a large exception--of Poland and the Baltic. Leaving out this area of north-eastern Europe, the only serious change on the map between the English Channel and the Indian Ocean was the transference of Istria from Italy to Yugoslavia. The first war destroyed old Empires and brought new states into existence. The second war created no new states and destroyed only Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

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We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind ... - MORE We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.

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There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment--and nothing more corrupting. There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment--and nothing more corrupting.

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